Keep building your site: There is a very good chance you have had a website that you have been running in order to explore your thoughts on writing, or in order to explore your writing journey; one thing to realize is that this website is extremely valuable, and you will not want to let go of it once your book is published, but will instead want to ramp up your efforts even more!
In order for you to do everything you can to increase your book sales, another thing that will be important will be that you "go to where the people are"; in addition to building your website and waiting for people to come to you, also visit websites, forums, and blogs where other writers and readers spend their time, and be active in these communities, as this will draw attention to you and to your work.
And finally, realize that one of the most difficult things of all about the time that follows publication is simply bringing yourself to continue writing; even though you will be busy with other aspects of the writing world, continue writing so that your next book will eventually come along to follow the first.
Taking all the steps you will have to take through the entirely "new" process of being an "author" (rather than simply being a "writer") is difficult at times - but when you go into it with as much knowledge, information, and advice as you can gather, you will be in much better shape than you would otherwise be in.
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